Dan David Prize PhD and Postdoctoral Scholarships

Deadline: 15 March 2012
Open to: Applicants willing to study PhD or postdoc in the areas of history and biography; plastic arts and genome research
Scholarship: 20 scholarships of US$15,000

Description

The Dan David Prize is a joint international enterprise, endowed by the Dan David Foundation and headquartered at Tel Aviv University.
The Dan David Prize recognizes and encourages innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms. It aims to foster universal values of excellence, creativity, justice, democracy and progress and to promote the scientific, technological and humanistic achievements that advance and improve our world.

Scholarship

The Dan David Prize laureates annually donate twenty scholarships of US$15,000 each to outstanding doctoral and postdoctoral students of exceptional promise in the chosen fields for the current year.
Ten scholarships are awarded to doctoral and post-doctoral students at universities throughout the world and ten scholarships at Tel Aviv University.
The Dan David Prize is granted according to merit, without discrimination based on gender, race, religion, nationality, or political affiliation. The fields to which scholarships are offered include history and biography; plastic arts and genome research.

Eligibility

Anyone willing to study PhD or postdoc in the fields of history/biography; plastic arts and genome research.

How to apply?

In order to apply, you need to submit the following documents:

• A full curriculum vitae of the applicant (allowed: doc|rtf|docx|pdf / max:5mb)
• A one-two page description of the applicant’s doctoral/postdoctoral research project (allowed: doc|rtf|docx|pdf / max:5mb)
• A list of the applicant’s publications (allowed: doc|rtf|docx|pdf / max:5mb)
• Three separate letters of recommendation, on official letterhead and signed, by recognized scholars in the field, one of which is the doctoral/postdoctoral supervisor (allowed: doc|rtf|docx|pdf / max:5mb) 
• Applicants/Recommenders are requested to go to Recommendation Submission Form (found here) to attach the recommendation letters. In addition, originals must be received by March 15, 2012, via regular post to: Ms. Smadar Fisher, Director, Dan David Prize, P.O.Box 39040, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
• Authorization by the university, on official letterhead and signed, that the applicant is a registered doctoral/postdoctoral student in the stated department and university, and whose research has been approved. (allowed: doc|rtf|docx|pdf / max:5mb)  In addition, original must be received by March 15, 2012 via regular post to the same address as mentioned above.
  

For Tel Aviv University Students
In addition to the above:

• A list of all Tel Aviv University scholarships/grants, which have been awarded to the applicant for the coming academic year and those to which he/she has applied.

To apply for these scholarships, you need to fill in the application form online. There are different application forms for particular field of research. To display and fill in these application forms, please click here (the application forms can be found at the bottom of the page).
For inquiries and questions, please contact ddprize@post.tau.ac.il, tel: +972-3-6406614.

Contacts

Ms. Smadar Fisher, Director, Dan David Prize, P.O.Box 39040, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
The Official Website